salmodiar

Spanish

Etymology

From salmodia (“psalmody”) +‎ -ar. Compare Italian salmodiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salmoˈdjaɾ/ [sal.moˈð̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧mo‧diar

Verb

salmodiar (first-person singular present salmodio, first-person singular preterite salmodié, past participle salmodiado)

1. to sing or chant psalms
2. to drone on and on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salmodiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			salmodiar
gerund			salmodiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		salmodiado		salmodiada
		plural		salmodiados		salmodiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salmodio	salmodiastú salmodiásvos	salmodia	salmodiamos	salmodiáis	salmodian
	imperfect	salmodiaba	salmodiabas	salmodiaba	salmodiábamos	salmodiabais	salmodiaban
	preterite	salmodié	salmodiaste	salmodió	salmodiamos	salmodiasteis	salmodiaron
	future	salmodiaré	salmodiarás	salmodiará	salmodiaremos	salmodiaréis	salmodiarán
	conditional	salmodiaría	salmodiarías	salmodiaría	salmodiaríamos	salmodiaríais	salmodiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salmodie	salmodiestú salmodiésvos2	salmodie	salmodiemos	salmodiéis	salmodien
	imperfect (ra)	salmodiara	salmodiaras	salmodiara	salmodiáramos	salmodiarais	salmodiaran
	imperfect (se)	salmodiase	salmodiases	salmodiase	salmodiásemos	salmodiaseis	salmodiasen
	future1	salmodiare	salmodiares	salmodiare	salmodiáremos	salmodiareis	salmodiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		salmodiatú salmodiávos	salmodie	salmodiemos	salmodiad	salmodien
	negative		no salmodies	no salmodie	no salmodiemos	no salmodiéis	no salmodien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of salmodiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive salmodiar	dative	salmodiarme	salmodiarte	salmodiarle, salmodiarse	salmodiarnos	salmodiaros	salmodiarles, salmodiarse
	accusative	salmodiarme	salmodiarte	salmodiarlo, salmodiarla, salmodiarse	salmodiarnos	salmodiaros	salmodiarlos, salmodiarlas, salmodiarse
with gerund salmodiando	dative	salmodiándome	salmodiándote	salmodiándole, salmodiándose	salmodiándonos	salmodiándoos	salmodiándoles, salmodiándose
	accusative	salmodiándome	salmodiándote	salmodiándolo, salmodiándola, salmodiándose	salmodiándonos	salmodiándoos	salmodiándolos, salmodiándolas, salmodiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative salmodia	dative	salmódiame	salmódiate	salmódiale	salmódianos	not used	salmódiales
	accusative	salmódiame	salmódiate	salmódialo, salmódiala	salmódianos	not used	salmódialos, salmódialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative salmodiá	dative	salmodiame	salmodiate	salmodiale	salmodianos	not used	salmodiales
	accusative	salmodiame	salmodiate	salmodialo, salmodiala	salmodianos	not used	salmodialos, salmodialas
with formal second-person singular imperative salmodie	dative	salmódieme	not used	salmódiele, salmódiese	salmódienos	not used	salmódieles
	accusative	salmódieme	not used	salmódielo, salmódiela, salmódiese	salmódienos	not used	salmódielos, salmódielas
with first-person plural imperative salmodiemos	dative	not used	salmodiémoste	salmodiémosle	salmodiémonos	salmodiémoos	salmodiémosles
	accusative	not used	salmodiémoste	salmodiémoslo, salmodiémosla	salmodiémonos	salmodiémoos	salmodiémoslos, salmodiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative salmodiad	dative	salmodiadme	not used	salmodiadle	salmodiadnos	salmodiaos	salmodiadles
	accusative	salmodiadme	not used	salmodiadlo, salmodiadla	salmodiadnos	salmodiaos	salmodiadlos, salmodiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative salmodien	dative	salmódienme	not used	salmódienle	salmódiennos	not used	salmódienles, salmódiense
	accusative	salmódienme	not used	salmódienlo, salmódienla	salmódiennos	not used	salmódienlos, salmódienlas, salmódiense

Further reading

• “salmodiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025